Characterizing lightning NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> production in the Ebro Valley with meteosat 12 LI and LMA observations

Pérez-Invernón, Francisco J.; Gordillo-Vázquez, Francisco J.; van der Velde, Oscar; Montanyà, Joan; López Trujillo, Jesús Alberto; Pineda, Nicolau; Loyola, Diego; Seo, Sora; Knote, Christoph; Fierro, Alexandre O.; Huntrieser, Heidi

doi:10.5194/acp-26-14277-2026

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12 Oct 2026

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Characterizing lightning NO_x production in the Ebro Valley with meteosat 12 LI and LMA observations

Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón, Francisco J. Gordillo-Vázquez, Oscar van der Velde, Joan Montanyà, Jesús Alberto López Trujillo, Nicolau Pineda, Diego Loyola, Sora Seo, Christoph Knote, Alexandre O. Fierro, and Heidi Huntrieser

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High-resolution atmospheric simulations using a modified WRF-Chem v4.3: Lightning effects on air quality in the Ebro Valley - Lightning nudging towards MTG-LI Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20065621

High-resolution atmospheric simulations using a modified WRF-Chem v4.3: Lightning effects on air quality in the Ebro Valley - Lightning nudging towards MTG-LI scaled to XCALMA Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19588416

CESM2. 1/CAM-chem instantaneous output for boundary conditions R. Buchholz et al. https://doi.org/10.5065/NMP7-EP60

NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from July 1999 National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce https://doi.org/10.5065/D6M043C6

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Lightning is a major source of atmospheric pollutants. This study uses advanced satellite and ground-based data to show how lightning characteristics, such as length, brightness, and duration, affect the production of these pollutants in storms over Spain’s Ebro Valley.

Characterizing lightning NOx production in the Ebro Valley with meteosat 12 LI and LMA observations

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Characterizing lightning NO_x production in the Ebro Valley with meteosat 12 LI and LMA observations